Drag-Peeling Action on the Texas Gulf Coast - Your Weekend Fishing Report

Artificial Lure here with your Friday, November 7, 2025 fishing report for the Texas Gulf Coast. The air's crisp, the bite is strong, and we've got prime conditions to chase that drag-peeling action up and down the bays and jetties, from Galveston all the way south to Corpus. Let’s start with your essentials: sunrise came at 6:43 a.m.; sunset’s due at 5:24 p.m. Tides around Galveston are on the move—high at 1:10 a.m. and 5:16 p.m., low near 8:59 a.m. According to Tide-Forecast, that gives you solid moving water all morning through early afternoon, which is money for November bay fishing. Weather’s just about perfect—chilly mornings in the 50s, high pressure from that recent front, light north breeze, and high temps settling into the upper 60s. That drop’s got trout and reds fired up on shallow flats and moving around, especially where you’ve got bait stacking on those windward shorelines. Water clarity is good in most areas, greening up along the beachfront, which is exactly what you want this time of year. Now, onto the bite. FishingReminder and local guides say it’s prime time for speckled trout in East and West Bays, especially over shell or near drains on moving tides. Bull reds are still running on the beachfront, jetties, and deeper passes—fresh cut mullet or shad on the bottom’s been putting plenty of brutes in the net. Don’t skip the marsh drains and bayou mouths either, where flounder are staging before their migration, ready to crush soft plastics or live mud minnows on falling tide. Black drum are holding in deeper channels, best taken with shrimp or blue crab pieces. Recent catches have been all over the board: solid numbers of keeper and over-slot redfish off the Texas City Dike and the Galveston jetties, plus steady whacks on schoolie trout under the birds in the bays. Slot reds and flounder are sneaking along points near Offatts Bayou and Campbell Bayou. Corpus area reports see lots of specks and decent drum in Oso and Kates Hole, with sheepies hanging tight to structure. Best lures right now? Can’t go wrong with soft plastics in glow or chartreuse for trout and flounder—rig ‘em on a 1/8- to 1/4-ounce jighead, slow and steady over shell or mud. Topwaters will get crushed at first light, especially on slick, windless mornings—Bone or chrome colors stand out. For reds in the surf, silver spoons, swimbaits, and big fresh cut bait do the trick. Nothing beats live shrimp under a popping cork for a mixed bag, especially along current seams and marsh edges. Coastal pros are also crushing it by tossing spinnerbaits and topwater plugs around marsh grass and oyster points. Looking for a hot spot? Try the East Beach-to-Jetties stretch at Galveston for reds, flounder, and occasional mackerel. West Bay, especially near Jamaica Beach and Confederate Reef, is putting out solid trout early and late. In Corpus, Kates Hole and Oso Bay are productive on moving water, especially with a little cloud cover. If you’re itching for somewhere off th This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.